FREE ESTIMATE. To buy, auction, sell or consign your Abraham Lincoln Alexander Hesler photo that is for sale, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).

Abraham Lincoln Alexander Hesler Photo Sold at Auction

Alexander Hesler was a photographer who may be best remembered for his scenic photography that includes images of the Mississippi River and Minnehaha Falls. Later in his career he photographed notable portraits of Abraham Lincoln without a beard for his 1860 presidential campaign. Historians consider Hesler’s portrait of Lincoln to be one of his finest from his years preceding presidency.

We sold an original Abraham Lincoln Alexander Hesler photo. Please see details below:

George Ayres Photo of Abraham Lincoln — Large Photo Measures 7″ x 9″

Photograph of Abraham Lincoln printed by George Ayres, from an original 1860 daguerreotype taken by Alexander Hesler. Signed on verso, “Copyright / Geo. B. Ayres / Phila.” and copyrighted to lower front, “G.B. Ayres.” Considered an artist in the printing medium, Ayres’ Lincoln photographs were used as the frontispiece photos for Nicolay and Hay’s “Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln.” Image measures 7″ x 9″. Flaws to upper left present in photograph itself, not damage to image. Fine condition printed on heavy cardstock. Sold for $1,509.

We also sold the following:

Abraham Lincoln 8” x 10” 19th Century Portrait — ”…essentially Lincolnian…”

Portrait measuring 8” x 10” of Abraham Lincoln, taken on 3 June 1860 by Lincoln’s favored photographer Alexander Hesler. Lincoln’s law partner, William H. Herndon, wrote of this image, ”There is the peculiar curve of the lower lip, the lone mole on the right cheek, and a pose of the head so essentially Lincolnian; no other artist has ever caught it.” Print was done by George B. Ayres in 1881 from Hesler’s original glass plate, and is signed on the verso by Ayres, ”Copyright / Geo. B. Ayres / Phila.” Photographer’s blind stamp also appears at upper left and lower right corners, ”G.B. Ayres / Copyright 1881”. Photo is affixed by tape on verso to mat measuring 9.5” x 11.5”. Near fine condition. Sold for $2,188.

FREE ESTIMATE. To buy, auction, sell or consign your Abraham Lincoln Alexander Hesler photo that is for sale, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com). Top dollar obtained for your Abraham Lincoln Alexander Hesler photo.